My Father Would Not Show Us
- Created by: Chloe-Manning
- Created on: 25-05-17 19:44
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- My Father Would Not Show Us
- Form
- 7 stanza's
- 1st person
- Auto-biographical
- Irregular rhythm and rhyme
- Lack of security
- Structure
- Looks back over her relationship with father
- Gains understanding
- 'would' -> 'could'
- Language
- Repetition of 'He'
- Emphasise seperation
- Anaphora
- 'My Father'
- She wanted to know him
- Metaphor
- 'florist's flowers curling into spring'
- Reflect his death
- Repetition of 'He'
- Context
- Auto-biographical?
- South African Political poet
- Form
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